Fri 18th-Sun 21st Aug: The Betfred Championship (Non-TV) Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weekend's (Non-TV) Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers KO 19:30

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions KO 17:00 (UK time)

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v York KO  Knights KO 15:00
 

[spanishknight]

26 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Featherstone 
Toulouse 

Bradford 
Batley 
Halifax 
York K.
 

 

[doc]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

 

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers KO 19:30. Tight, Fev by 4

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions KO 17:00 (UK time) by 50

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00 by 30
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00.  Bounce back Bulldogs by 24
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00.   Capital hangover? By 6
Widnes Vikings v York KO  Knights KO 15:00 by 14
 

 

[Dovster]

Rovers by 8

Olympique by 28

Bulls by 10

Cougars by 4

Panthers by 6

Vikings by 12

[The Blues Ox]

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers Sheffield by 4

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions Toulouse by 60

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder Bradford by 32
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs Batley by 18
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers Fax by 8
Widnes Vikings v York KO  Knights York by 4

 

Some interesting games this weekend with the friday game the pick. How do Fev react after the turmoil of the last couple of weeks against a Sheffield team that no doubt Mark Aston will have them up for it. Sheffield are more than capable of beating anyone at home. How do the 2 1885 cup finalists come through after last week and a really tough trip back down London for Fax and then the last game I found it really hard to pick a winner. Who knows which version of each team turns up.

[Fevrover]

2 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers Sheffield by 4

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions Toulouse by 60

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder Bradford by 32
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs Batley by 18
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers Fax by 8
Widnes Vikings v York KO  Knights York by 4

 

Some interesting games this weekend with the friday game the pick. How do Fev react after the turmoil of the last couple of weeks against a Sheffield team that no doubt Mark Aston will have them up for it. Sheffield are more than capable of beating anyone at home. How do the 2 1885 cup finalists come through after last week and a really tough trip back down London for Fax and then the last game I found it really hard to pick a winner. Who knows which version of each team turns up.

It's a very unpredictable league,we hammered Whitehaven twice but they have beat Sheffield twice who we tend to struggle against, Tubby must really fire them up for our games and Jessie was like a man possessed when we played them at Featherstone but strangly never played like that for us,mind you if he had he would have been sent off a few times.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Fev, Toulouse, Bradford, Batley, London, Widnes.

[Normy_Rover]

17 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weekend's (Non-TV) Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers KO 19:30

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions KO 17:00 (UK time)

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v York Knights KO 15:00
 

 

[Barley Mow]

Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers
Widnes Vikings v York Knights

[Gooleboy]

2 hours ago, Fevrover said:

It's a very unpredictable league,we hammered Whitehaven twice but they have beat Sheffield twice who we tend to struggle against, Tubby must really fire them up for our games and Jessie was like a man possessed when we played them at Featherstone but strangly never played like that for us,mind you if he had he would have been sent off a few times.

He was lucky to stay on against us at Featherstone. He was like a man possessed. As you say, we never saw him like that. He must have been watching Rambo before the kick off!

[Fevrover]

58 minutes ago, Gooleboy said:

He was lucky to stay on against us at Featherstone. He was like a man possessed. As you say, we never saw him like that. He must have been watching Rambo before the kick off!

Or listening to Tubby lol.

[kiggy]

4 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

FRIDAY 18th AUGUST
Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers Sheffield by 4

SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
Toulouse Olympique v Swinton Lions Toulouse by 60

SUNDAY 20th AUGUST
Bradford Bulls v Newcastle Thunder Bradford by 32
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs Batley by 18
London Broncos v Halifax Panthers Fax by 8
Widnes Vikings v York KO  Knights York by 4

 

Some interesting games this weekend with the friday game the pick. How do Fev react after the turmoil of the last couple of weeks against a Sheffield team that no doubt Mark Aston will have them up for it. Sheffield are more than capable of beating anyone at home. How do the 2 1885 cup finalists come through after last week and a really tough trip back down London for Fax and then the last game I found it really hard to pick a winner. Who knows which version of each team turns up.

It will be interesting to see how Swinton get on against a depleted TO side.  Swinton have done well against TO in France previously, and they've beaten them at home this season, albeit as Sita was binned twice in the match. 

Edited August 17 by kiggy
Sika

[Fevrover]

10 minutes ago, kiggy said:

It will be interesting to see how Swinton get on against a depleted TO side.  Swinton have done well against TO in France previously, and they've beaten them at home this season, albeit as Sita was binned twice in the match. 

Well Oxy doesn't share your optimisem, he's put Tolouse by SIXTY !

[Monkeymagic22]

It’s a very interesting week, the Fev v Sheff and Fax v London matches particularly interesting. I can’t call the Fev result, but fancy London to turn over Fax. 

[The Blues Ox]

59 minutes ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

It’s a very interesting week, the Fev v Sheff and Fax v London matches particularly interesting. I can’t call the Fev result, but fancy London to turn over Fax. 

Yeah its a pretty tough game after last weeks hype to have to travel back down to London. Its probably a must win game for them as well with Batley and Bradford likely to pick up wins and if Widnes can beat York they are well in the mix as well. If Fax do manage to scrape a win we do have a pretty easy run in compared to other teams and should be able to grab 3rd or 4th spot which looked very unlikely a couple of weeks back.

[Expatknight]

46 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

Yeah its a pretty tough game after last weeks hype to have to travel back down to London. Its probably a must win game for them as well with Batley and Bradford likely to pick up wins and if Widnes can beat York they are well in the mix as well. If Fax do manage to scrape a win we do have a pretty easy run in compared to other teams and should be able to grab 3rd or 4th spot which looked very unlikely a couple of weeks back.

I don't think there are any easy games this season in the Championship, it may look, on paper, that team A should beat team B but how many upsets have there been this year? some you just wouldn't believe. It isn't beyond the realms of possibility that Keighley beat Batley or Swinton do Toulouse as unlikely as their current form might suggest. We have come unstuck a few times this season against lower ranked teams. 

Edited August 18 by Expatknight
typo

[Ragingbull]

2 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

Yeah its a pretty tough game after last weeks hype to have to travel back down to London. Its probably a must win game for them as well with Batley and Bradford likely to pick up wins and if Widnes can beat York they are well in the mix as well. If Fax do manage to scrape a win we do have a pretty easy run in compared to other teams and should be able to grab 3rd or 4th spot which looked very unlikely a couple of weeks back.

Think someone has been in Wetherspoons since opening time. 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

4 hours ago, Ragingbull said:

Think someone has been in Wetherspoons since opening time. 

Last Friday!

[Monkeymagic22]

Decent win by Fev in their first match with ‘James Fraud’

[Ragingbull]

1 minute ago, Monkeymagic22 said:

Decent win by Fev in their first match with ‘James Fraud’

And only -12 on the handicap, absolutely printing money. 

Thanks SkyBet !

[Monkeymagic22]

7 minutes ago, Ragingbull said:

And only -12 on the handicap, absolutely printing money. 

Thanks SkyBet !

-9.5 on B365.

[bigbaldnmad]

TO 4 Swinton 6 - HT

[Expatknight]

23 minutes ago, bigbaldnmad said:

TO 4 Swinton 6 - HT

 You couldn’t make it up, if it was a horse race you would be looking for a stewards enquiry, take nothing away from Swinton though.

[bigbaldnmad]

TO 26 Swinton 6

TO only took the lead in the last 15 minutes.... well played Swinton

[PECETTO]

5 minutes ago, bigbaldnmad said:

TO 26 Swinton 6

TO only took the lead in the last 15 minutes.... well played Swinton

Good result for toulouse missing to much important players.